Thanks for the offer on the pole that is very generous of you but I got some more of that type just not as fond of them, this one was a trolling rod but used it for dobbing brush, and yes rcc I wore it out ! To tell y'all I had a fairly large catfish hung and he decided to dive quickly under a dead fall pulled hard to control it and my pole broke what a deal. The catfish won and took my last natural cricket jig so on my way now to go get another bag or two...